Green River Female Academy
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Green River Female Academy
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| Location | 204 Goebel Avenue, Elkton, Kentucky |
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| Coordinates | 36°48′21″N 87°9′9″W / 36.80583°N 87.15250°WCoordinates: 36°48′21″N 87°9′9″W / 36.80583°N 87.15250°W |
| Built | 1835 |
| Architect | D. V. Robinson |
| Architectural style | Federal-Greek Revival Transitional |
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| Added to NRHP | December 06, 1990 |
The Green River Female Academy in Todd County, Kentucky is one of the best indications of early 19th century attitudes towards educational equality in the United States and is an example of early Kentucky Georgian, Federal and Greek Revival transitional architecture.
The school was built for the trustees of the Green River Female Academy, begun in 1835 and completed in 1836 by a team of masons, carpenters, and turners. The five-bay double pile building stands on a 1.5-acre (0.61 ha) lot in the city of Elkton. The Green River Female Academy is the only school predating the Civil War in the Green River region to survive.
The building was programmed by David V. Robinson and constructed by Jesse Russell and Daniel Grumbly. The building is rendered primarily in both the Federal and Greek-Revival styles, but retains elements of the Georgian period that architectural historian Clay Lancaster noted as "Georgian Survival." The exterior of the building is designed primarily in the Federal style which is accomplished by the emphasis that has been placed upon the central bay of the symmetrically aligned building. The building displays no brick belt course that would be characteristic of the previous Georgian style, nor does it utilize the temple form of the later Greek Revival period. The pedimented gable over the central bay is a distinct characteristic of the Georgian period of architecture. The building's carved limestone lintels above its facade windows and door feature circular bosses on both ends which are characteristic of the Greek Revival period. The interior radiates from a central hallway that traverses three floors. The plan is nearly symmetrical on all floors. Robinson, Russell and Grumbly possibly used the pattern books of Asher Benjamin and John Haviland to create a plan and details for the academy building, as many of the details align in form with the designs featured in Benjamin and Haviland's pattern books.
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